From a developer to VP of Operations, Nathan Roberts has seen Softensity through a lot of change and growth over the past 20 years. After graduating from Berry College, Nathan started his career working in Microsoft-based technologies, but he eventually found himself looking for a different kind of role at Softensity. In spite of the […]
View NowSoftensity Leadership Series: A conversation with Scott Liniado, VP, Product & Engineering, Manheim Client Solution Delivery at Cox Automotive. By Softensity For our latest Leadership Series interview, Softensity’s Monika Mueller sat down with Scott Liniado, Vice President of Product and Engineering at Cox Automotive, to discuss the organization’s outsourcing journey. Scott is responsible for Mannheim’s […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Learn about the five stages of a team’s development, and how Tuckman’s insights can help a team work together more effectively. By Luan Damasio, Scrum Master The Tuckman Model shows that for teams to develop their maximum potential, it is necessary to think about the importance of the team formation process. […]
View NowMeet Victoria Luna, Softensity’s Employee Relations Specialist and resident Potterhead. When she’s not planning the next Softensity employee event, she loves trying out new recipes, singing, and astrology (she might even remember your star sign better than your name). Tapping into her background in psychology, she’s dedicated to creating a positive work environment at Softensity […]
View NowBy Vinicius Deschamps, DevOps Engineer The first thing you should be aware of is that Python is a 32-year-old language, and became a trend over many years. So why should a DevOps learn Python if it’s an old language? In a nutshell, Python is an interpreted language, which means you don’t need to compile the […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Learn how to implement the Kanban method to increase productivity, improve efficiency, and deliver constant value. By Luan Damasio, Scrum Master Agile is not being fast, agile is not having a squad, agile is not using Scrum … So what does it mean to be agile? Being agile means delivering constant […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Learn a simple workaround for a limitation in Azure DevOps’ free build agent using AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell script. By Oleg Shalnov, DevOps Engineer As you all know, in Azure DevOps you can use a free build agent with one limitation – no static IP address. It may generate, but […]
View NowAn avid traveler and dog-lover, Tsimafei “Tim” Zaretski is also a multi-talented development manager from Belarus who is based out of Poland. When he’s not traveling the world with his wife or working on one of his many interests – including music, skiing, biking, and fishing – he’s using his problem-solving skills to lead a […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Learn the basics about the Next.js open-source web development framework, and how it relates to React. By Matias Zatz, Software Engineer What is Next.js? Next.js defines itself as The React Framework for Production, which leads us to our first characteristic. Next.js was created by Vercel as a framework for React … […]
View NowBy Softensity Since the pandemic, more companies are hiring for remote positions than ever — creating opportunities for skilled IT workers all over the world. By opening their rosters to global developers, engineers, and QAs, companies can hire the best of the best and offer their clients expanded hours. But smaller companies in your area […]
View NowWe might be located all over the world, but our Softensity employees have created a tight-knit community. Our employees bond over their work, of course, but also through sharing aspects of their unique cultures. Through our monthly “Meet the Team” series, we’ve had the opportunity to share several of our employees’ experiences working in IT, […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: One of Softensity’s Senior Software Engineers walks you through the steps to create an ASP.Net web API. By Ejder Kuvemli, Software Engineer In this article, we’re going to create an ASP.Net web API for a very simple photo-sharing web application with Entity Framework Core and Code First using a Microsoft SQL […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Learn what Exchange Online Protection is, and how to set it up through Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection. By Oleg Shalnov, DevOps Engineer Today we’re going to look at Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). What is Exchange Online Protection (EOP)? Exchange Online Protection provides protection against malicious links by scanning […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Product Manager walks you through the basics of product backlog refinement. By Jorge Garay, Product Manager Although product backlog refinement in Agile Scrum is not a formal event, it is something that all teams do as part of their job in getting a product implemented. Let’s start with some […]
View NowUnderstanding DevOps vs. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) By Monika Mueller DevOps and site reliability engineering (SRE) are becoming more mainstream as the adoption of both practices continues to build. And for good reason. Both disciplines are focused on bridging the gap between development and operations to make delivery faster, more efficient and more reliable. Automation […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Get an overview of Azure Active Directory, and learn what the service can do for you. By Michael Lobo, Site Reliability Engineer Azure Active Directory is a cloud-based identity and access management service, also referred to as a comprehensive identity as a service (IDaaS) solution that spans all aspects of identity, […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity QA Engineer walks you through ClickUp’s project management platform in this video demo. By Nicolas Del Corno, QA Automation Engineer In this demo, I’m going to walk you through a platform called ClickUp which helps with organizing small teams projects, or even companies until they reach a level in […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity DevOps Engineer shares useful scripts that can save you time and hassle in Azure Web App. By Oleg Shalnov, DevOps Engineer Have you ever received the following message in Microsoft’s Azure Web App? When you get this message, it can be difficult to understand what folder is causing the […]
View NowTo Juan Piccirilli, sharp career pivots just keep life interesting. An industrial engineer by training, a photographer by habit, and a resource manager by profession, Juan describes his journey so far as eclectic. In his free time, you’ll probably find him riding his bike to a cool cafe in Buenos Aires and snapping pictures of […]
View NowBy Monika Mueller While it’s still a relatively new discipline, organizations are starting to recognize the strategic value of site reliability engineering (SRE). Though the term was coined by Google’s Ben Treynor Sloss back in 2003, the practice only truly emerged around 2016, when Google employed more than 1,000 site reliability engineers. Led by cloud […]
View NowWhat does leadership look like at an international software company? For Matias Baldi, Regional Director of Latin America, it means collaborating with his teams, sharing his ideas and opinions, and encouraging employees to reach their fullest potential. After over a decade of leadership in the IT industry, he joined Softensity to lead the Latin American […]
View NowBy Monika Mueller The buzz about knowledge graphs is getting louder. Inna Tokarev Sela, CEO and founder of illumex, has declared that 2023 is the Era of Knowledge Graphs. And according to Gartner, graph technologies will be used in 80% of data and analytics innovations by 2025, up from 10% in 2021. Industries like big […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Learn the ins and outs of cloud providers from a Softensity DevOps Engineer. By Juan Larios, DevOps Engineer The infrastructure in the cloud is becoming increasingly important for companies due to the convenience of not requiring a physical space where data storage and resources, among other elements, are available. With its […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: WordPress has been the fastest growing content management system for 12 consecutive years for a reason. Learn why. By Lucas Garcia, Software Engineer WordPress started in 2003 out of a desire to build an elegant, well-architected, personal publishing system. It was originally built as a web publishing system (commonly called a […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer discusses the importance of mastering basic programming concepts, upon which everything else is built. By Gabriel Cordeiro, Software Engineer It’s been a few years since I first heard about clean architecture. I remember how I felt when I saw it in a project using Net Core. Afterward, […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Wondering how to get started building Android and iOS apps in React Native? A Softensity Engineer walks you through it. By Omar Pacheco, Software Engineer If you want to build mobile apps for both Android and iOS, what should you learn? The individual native languages for each app, i.e, Java for […]
View NowCreating Code Snippets to Improve Your Productivity IT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer shows you how to save time and tedium when coding by using code snippets. By Gabriel Lima, Software Engineer What is a “Code Snippet”? Have you ever thought “this piece of code couldn’t be replicated in an easy way …”? […]
View NowHow To Use Azure Key Vault IT Tips & Insights: Learn how to set up a Key Vault storage, create a .Net app and read the Key Vault secret from the application you created. By Alvaro Ribeiro, Software Engineer Azure Key vault is a cloud service that allows developers to store keys and secrets in […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity engineer walks you through how to use Docker to containerize an ASP.NET core application. By Helder Borges, Software Engineer What is Docker? Docker is an open-source project for automating the deployment of applications as portable, self-sufficient containers that can run on the cloud or on-premise. Docker is also a […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity software engineer details the pros and cons of decentralized finance. By Alvaro Ribeiro, Software Engineer What is Defi? Defi is a decentralized peer-to-peer network that offers access to financial services to anyone, with no central authorities, relying on blockchain and smart contracts. There’s no human operating these financial services, […]
View NowMaria, or Male as everyone calls her, is an animal lover, a food and wine connoisseur, and a passionate woman in tech. She’s also dedicated to learning more about other cultures through cuisine. Not only does she put effort into using the proper ingredients and techniques, she also researches the tradition around different dishes and […]
View NowBy Monika Mueller By now, you know what knowledge graphs are. They’re being used to optimize data by industry giants ranging from Microsoft, Amazon and Google to Airbnb, eBay and Comcast. But what about startups? And industries like manufacturing, biomedicine and beyond? These days, knowledge graphs have diverse uses — along with growing adoption across […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Learn about this open-source UI software development kit from an experienced software engineer. By Cristian Zappala, Software Engineer Nowadays, many apps need to run on multiple platforms, like iOS, Android, and the web. That’s why Google made Flutter, a UI toolkit that allows you to build beautiful native apps from a […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Should you share DTOs — and if so, which method is best? A Softensity software engineer shares his expertise. By Yoel Rivera, Software Engineer Those immersed in software development constantly seek to do things better, which often implies making difficult decisions, and sometimes making technical and business sacrifices. Some time ago, […]
View NowJames Strawn has been in the tech industry for over 30 years, and he’s seen it all. A seasoned scuba diver and sometimes local politician, he also happens to be a tech master. When James isn’t taking his grandchildren on trips to the Okefenokee Swamp or reading about operational science developments, he’s managing a Softensity […]
View NowHere at Softensity, we partner with a lot of companies that have never outsourced before, many of whom we’ve now been working with for more than a decade. Organizations that are new to outsourcing often have a lot of questions. Below we’ve compiled some of the most common questions we get, along with candid answers. […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer details the changes introduced with .NET Core 6, and how to choose the best version for your project. By Mario Leiton, Software Engineer Whenever most of us see a new version of a tool we use in our daily work, we get curious about its new features […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: In the second part of this series, a Helpdesk rep discusses the importance of mastering the tools at your disposal and maintaining a learning mindset. By Nestor Velasquez, IT Helpdesk Representative In the tech industry, good support is crucial as it’s the first point of contact between the company and the […]
View NowBy Monika Mueller It’s been ten years since Google’s article, Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings, put knowledge graphs on the map. Since then, this technology has steadily inched its way toward the mainstream, as more organizations learn about the capabilities and uses, and slowly start to adopt the technology. The big players are […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Learn how to harness the power of Azure Workbooks with step-by-step instructions from a Softensity Software Engineer. By Mario Leiton, Software Engineer Ever wondered what you can use to get data from multiple Azure sources, into one place, and with different types of interactions? Azure Workbooks is the answer. Workbooks is […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer takes an in-depth look at domain-driven design. By Douglas Moura, Software Engineer Building software is rarely easy. We’ve faced a hard time building it since the beginning. But it should not be like this, right? One very famous approach that is used to help us in the […]
View NowCamila Niedzwiecki is curious. From exploring a wide range of careers to moving halfway across the world, she’s always down for a new adventure. A psychologist by training, Camila tested the waters of several different career paths before settling on HR, and joined Softensity as a technical recruiter last year. When she’s not searching for […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Data Engineer discusses continuous integration (CI) for Azure Data Factory (ADF) with step-by-step instructions. By Fernando Messas, Softensity Data Engineer A few years after releasing Azure Data Factory (ADF), Microsoft has created CI/CD support. It’s a simple process, which we will discuss here. First, your data factory must be […]
View NowBy Monika Mueller Crisis management is a skillset. In fact, a more appropriate label may be chaos management. When an unexpected event or disruption rattles the foundations of your organization, you need to know what to do. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about a pandemic, geopolitical event or supply chain issue, leadership doesn’t have […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Software Engineer details how to write cleaner code through the rules of Object Calisthenics. By Caio Vidal, Software Engineer Object Calisthenics was defined by Jeff Bay in his book, “The Thoughtworks Anthology.” It defines 9 different rules that you can use to write your code and keep it clean. […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Java Developer shares a tutorial on creating a CRUD API using Spring Boot and PostgreSQL databases. By Andre Picoli, Java Developer and Community Lead This is a simple tutorial on how to create a CRUD API using Spring Boot and PostgreSQL databases. The example simulates a user subscription application […]
View NowBy Monika Mueller More companies are outsourcing software development these days, and the trend is only getting stronger. Why? Top developers and engineers are difficult to find, thanks to an enduring IT labor shortage. Outsourcing allows companies to quickly fill skills gaps and supplement their internal teams with specialized skill sets when needed — on […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Senior Software Engineer shares tips for improving your EntityFramework Core. By Nicolas Horenstein, Senior Software Engineer ORM is a tool that nowadays we can’t live without. For those who don’t know what ORM means, it’s a technique that lets you query and manipulate data from a database using an object-oriented […]
View NowMaksim Rudz, aka Max, is an avid reader, board game enthusiast, father, and team manager for the Softensity team in Uzbekistan. While Maksim got his start in computer security and Java, his intro to .NET development ignited a passion that changed the course of his career. He now leads developer teams, mentors young IT professionals, […]
View NowBorn between 1980 and 1996, Millennials grew up alongside the explosion of tech, the internet, and social media, so naturally, many of them were drawn to careers in IT. As Millennials continue to dominate the tech labor force, companies may need to rethink their old recruiting tactics in order to win over these in-demand developers. […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Helpdesk Rep shares tips for providing better service, faster. By Nestor Velasquez, IT Helpdesk Representative In the tech industry, good support is crucial as it’s the first point of contact between the company and the user. Good user support directly impacts the reputation of the company from the point […]
View NowBy Softensity Developers often ask us what it’s like to work for Softensity. As much as we’d love to talk about how amazing our global community is, and how we truly invest in helping every team member reach their career goals, it means more coming straight from the source. We love chatting with our team […]
View NowBy Monika Mueller We probably don’t have to tell you about the many benefits of outsourcing, from cost savings and access to specialized skills to around-the-clock development and protection against attrition. So it should come as no surprise that outsourcing is on the rise around the globe, and the trend shows no signs of slowing. […]
View NowBy Softensity Emre Kahraman always knew he would grow up to be a problem solver. An avid history buff, his true passion has always been technology. But Emre’s software development career has been full of twists and turns. After four years and two degrees in research and development engineering, he moved to a smaller city […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Senior QA Engineer discusses common misconceptions about behavior driven development in this two-part series. By Nicolas Martino, Senior QA Engineer In the IT business, BDD is becoming more relevant in the development process. But what is it? BDD is behavior driven development, a process in which the entire team […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Senior Software Developer covers the basics of blockchain, bitcoin and beyond. By Alvaro Ribeiro, Senior Software Developer Over the last few years, more and more people have talked about Bitcoin, Blockchain and cryptos in general. It all began in 2008, during the subprime economic crisis. The crisis was caused […]
View NowBy Monika Mueller It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in, chances are, you’ve felt the labor crunch. We all have. And not just in IT, though that’s where many have felt it the most acutely. Around this time of year, we’re all probably wondering the same thing: Will 2022 bring any relief? Unfortunately, the short […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Learn about DevOps and CI/CD in this video tutorial from a Softensity Senior Software Developer. By Vincent Burgos, Softensity Software Developer / Engineer What is CI/CD? CI/CD stands for continuous inegration and continuous delivery. It’s a method used to rapidly deliver software to customers by utilizing automation in various stages of […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Senior Software Developer wraps up his three-part series on .Net development. By Gabriel Cordeiro, Senior Software Developer The following is the third part in a three-part series. Get tips on Object Initializers in C# in Part I, and learn about magic strings and regions in Part II here. Learn […]
View NowHow hard is it to hire software developers and engineers? Ask Nicole Diez, the head of HR for Softensity’s LATAM community. By Softensity After graduating from Florida State University, Nicole Diez put her hospitality major to use and accepted a position in Atlanta. But when she moved back home to Panama, she found the hospitality […]
View NowSoftensity Leadership Series: A conversation with Varun Sridharan, Senior Technical Product Manager, Amazon Web Services Customer Behavior Analytics team. By Softensity Varun Sridharan is passionate about solving customers’ problems using machine learning and AI. He started his journey with machine learning back in 2014 and is on a mission to democratize the technology. Varun’s vision […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: An experienced Software Engineer shares KQL shortcuts in this helpful primer. By Fabio Godinho, Softensity Software Engineer KQL, or Kusto Query Language, is a language for data analysis typical to Microsoft Azure monitoring and observability services (such as Application Insights, Log Analytics, and others). It makes use of the Kusto Engine […]
View NowWe sat down with Softensity’s Vincent Burgos, based in the Philippines, to talk about his experience as a software developer/engineer. By Softensity From the young age of 11, Vincent Burgos knew that he wanted to be in the IT industry. Like so many of his peers in IT, he was motivated by the goal of […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: One of Softensity’s WordPress experts shares tips and suggests a helpful development roadmap. By Wilson Fernández, Softensity PHP developer / WordPress expert To carry out the development of a website in WordPress, it’s necessary to understand the structure of a content management system (CMS). The CMS is made up of several […]
View NowSoftensity Leadership Series: A conversation with Dr. Kimberly Singh and Dr. John Sudick about the impact of tech in healthcare. By Softensity What is the role of technology in healthcare? How can it enable healthcare practices? And do some doctors really view technology as a threat? Softensity’s Monika Mueller sat down with Dr. Kimberly Singh, […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: This instructional video shows you how to deploy your .NET apps with Visual Studio on Azure for free. By Vincent Burgos, Softensity Software Developer / Engineer Have you ever thought about showing your .NET app to your peers, but you don’t know how to do it without worrying about how much […]
View NowAmidst a challenging pandemic and IT labor shortage, Softensity global outsourcing is building a significant team of experienced developers, engineers and QAs throughout Latin America. ATLANTA, November 1, 2021 — Softensity, a U.S.-based outsourcing provider of top-tier software development talent, announced today that the company has built a robust presence in Latin America, and is […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Senior Software Developer shares .NET programming tips in this multi-part series. By Gabriel Cordeiro, Senior Software Developer The following is the second part in a series. Read Part I here. Magic Strings This is something very easy to find during your career as a Developer, but it can be […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: An experienced software engineer shares tips for getting more out of .NET WEB API using OData in this instructional video. By Vincent Burgos, Softensity Software Developer / Engineer Today, we’re going to learn how to make .NET WEB API (Restful) better and more powerful using OData. OData provides a more simplistic […]
View NowTo kick off our new Meet the Team series, we sat down with Softensity’s Nano Costantini to talk about software engineering, building a community and the IT industry in Latin America. By Softensity This year, Softensity expanded its presence in Latin America with an exceptional team that’s growing every day. The region was the missing […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: A Softensity Senior Software Developer shares tips for C# and general programming in this multi-part series. By Gabriel Cordeiro, Senior Software Developer “Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.” ― Martin Fowler When I first saw this sentence by […]
View NowSoftensity Leadership Series: A conversation with Michelle Yi, Senior Director of Applied Artificial Intelligence at RelationalAI. By Softensity Michelle Yi is probably smarter than you. After graduating high school at age 13, and college at 16, Yi went on to work for IBM’s Watson Group, which is focused on artificial intelligence. She has also been […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. If it can be read and enhanced by a developer other than its original author. With understandability comes readability, changeability, extensibility, and maintainability. By Ignacio De Luca, Softensity Software Engineer The responsibility of clean code is […]
View NowFrom the challenges to the opportunities, dive into the trenches with one of Softensity’s talented QA engineers and hear what it’s like to be a woman in IT. By Monika Mueller These days, there’s a lot of talk about equality in the workforce. More companies than ever seem to be making a real effort to […]
View NowIT Tips & Insights: String interning and the compilation process in C#. By Nahuel Ramos, Softensity Software Analyst We’re excited to kick off a new content series to share tech tips, tricks, insights and shortcuts by Softensity’s talented global team of developers and QA engineers. IT Tips & Insights is a series created by developers […]
View NowBy Monika Mueller We don’t need to tell you how challenging the tech talent gap has become, or how severe the labor shortage. It’s significant, with no sign of letting up. According to a recent survey, 61% of HR professionals said finding qualified developers will be the biggest recruitment challenge of 2021. Meanwhile, IT budgets […]
View NowLeadership Series: A conversation with Dean Nelson of Virtual Power Systems. By Softensity In her latest interview for our Leadership Series, Softensity’s Monika Mueller sat down with Virtual Power Systems CEO Dean Nelson to discuss how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence can help alleviate degraded customer service in a post-pandemic world. Digital labor with […]
View NowLeadership Series: A conversation with Sandeep Anand of Infor. By Softensity Adopting advanced analytics like data science, machine learning and data engineering can be challenging. In addition to barriers like resistant technologies embedded into ERPs, it can be difficult to connect the technology to a tangible ROI for clients. Businesses are often overwhelmed when considering […]
View NowLeadership Series: A conversation with Molham Aref of RelationalAI. By Softensity We’re excited to kick off Softensity’s new Leadership Series with a video interview featuring Molham Aref, Silicon Valley CEO of RelationalAI. In his interview with Softensity’s Monika Mueller, Aref discussed digital transformation and how legacy applications fit into the equation. The issue? Businesses have […]
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